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A Natural Remedy for Fleas

A natural
remedy for fleas is proper dog nutrition. Keep dogs fleas and itchy skin away with
these other methods as well while building immunity.

I know first hand the effects of a flea infestation can be brutal.

Here's Helen. Looks healthy right? Also pictured below, she taught me what I did wrong.

I have learned this the hard way, and I never want a repeat performance. Never ever.
I hate fleas with a passion!

The healthier your dog is, the better outcome you will have with natural flea remedies.

Okay, let’s get started. A natural remedy for fleas list is here. For details about the
benefits of each and exactly how to use them, click on the link for each one.

Diatomaceous earth internally or externally (food
grade only). You can pay a company like Flea Busters to come in and put
DE in your carpets. It's guaranteed for a year. You can also buy it
online at Amazon and do it yourself.
Diatomaceous earth may even be taken internally by humans and dogs. This is used more to kill worms and other internal parasites.

Nematodes are a natural remedy for fleas. They live in your yard, will eat fleas and are totally harmless.

Borax
in the carpet (never ON dogs). While it’s mined from the earth and is a
natural product you don’t want your pup to eat the stuff. I use it
because it’s cheaper than diatomaceous earth and I can get it at the
grocery store.
(It's also great to use in the laundry to add cleaning power and get the
doggy smell out of blankets etc.)

Garlic
in food or supplement. Never underestimate the power of garlic even
though it does not directly kill fleas. It's a fabulous herb.

Vinegar
internally or externally. Vinegar won’t kill a flea unless he drowns in
the stuff but the right kind (use ONLY organic raw apple cider vinegar)
is good for both us and our dogs to take internally. I also share a
spray recipe with you.

Improved diet; preferably a raw meat diet, but a very high grade dog food may be acceptable. Your dog needs a minimumof 40% meat protein.

Now I’ll explain how well they work. Nematodes work very well.
And as long as they have a cozy place to live in your yard, they will
last forever. You don’t use pesticides out there do you?
(I know you don't want to buy them and then accidentally kill them.)

I love diatomaceous earth and borax as a natural remedy for fleas. Both damage the flea’s
exoskeleton so that it dies of dehydration. Borax cannot be used outside
because of wet conditions.

Garlic, vinegar and brewers yeast will all deter fleas but not
kill them and they will make your dog healthier at the same time.
Deterrents are especially good when you take your dog away from the
house where he might pick up fleas and bring them home.

Now if all this seems like too much work for you, let’s look at the alternative.

This photo is my dog Helen. The open sores are not from fleas. It's a reaction to a topical flea medicine! I told you I've learned things the hard way so please learn from my mistakes.

What’s Wrong With Commercial Flea Treatments?

Here’s a scenario. Poor Killer (Max, Spot or Fido) gets really itchy
dog skin. You notice fleas about the time you notice the hair loss and
red sores and this is where allergies in dogs begin.

At the vet’s office he gets a steroid injection of cortisone. The side effects of cortisone begin inside your dog while your vet offers a systemic flea killer (poison that gets inside your dog). Please read about Commercial Dog Flea Treatment and look at the above photo of my dog.

Both these things make your dog even less healthy. Now you have
stuff going on in the liver and kidneys as they try and filter this
stuff out and can’t. To stop the internal damage, you have to stop the
drugs and poisons. Even if she appears better externally, she is worse off than when you started!

When our dogs eat nutritious foods, a natural remedy for fleas,
do they stop getting bites from these nasty little critters completely? Usually yes, but even if they do get a few flea bites, they are healthier, so the affects of
the bites are lessened or unnoticeable.

Here's my analogy.

Let’s go to the immune system. Think of the immune system like
the engine of a car. For the car to run, the engine needs gasoline. It
won’t run on just oil and it won’t run on water, but if you give it
gasoline, it runs just fine humming on down the road. And if you’ve ever
put really cheap gas in your car and experienced, a knocking noise, a
sputtering noise or had the engine just stop, you’ll understand exactly
what I mean.

Think of our dog’s immune system like the engine in a car. It’s
control central. If you put nutritious food in the dog’s body, a natural
remedy for fleas, the immune system keeps the body happily humming
along and taking care of business.

If you give it food (fuel) that’s full of cheap stuff it doesn’t
need, it’s going to have problems. It may seem to be running okay, but
there’s a buildup of sludge.

You notice, things like runny eyes, dry itchy skin, hot spots, an
abundance of those little black/brown critters effortlessly swimming
through your dog's fur... and often a flea allergy. You may not even
think this has anything to do with the food you are feeding your dog,
but it does.

There are problems that are genetic (handed down through the
genes of the parents, grandparents, etc.) but even those can be lessened
with nutrition.

Please look around this site for ways to improve your dog's diet,
especially changing to raw dog food. Why? Two years after my Helen
nearly died from a topical flea treatment, she is happier and healthier
at age 10 than she was at five.

One of the books I have I think you'll appreciate is this one.

And guess what? This year we have NO FLEAS! Borax in the carpets and
nutritious dog food as a natural remedy for fleas is all I've used.